10 Biggest Details Netflix’s Rael: The Alien Prophet Documentary Leaves Out From The True Story

The new Netflix documentary series Raël: The Alien Prophet features an immersive look at the leader of a longstanding UFO cult but leaves some key details and contexts out. The 4-part series has remained one of the top new options in television on the giant streaming platform since it was released on February 7, 2024. The Raëlians began to gather back in the 1970s when Frenchman Claude Vorilhon allegedly had an extraterrestrial encounter that inspired him to start a new religion and impose himself as a new prophet named Raël.

As depicted in the Netflix documentary, Raël thinks himself to be the actual brother of Jesus Christ and makes many other outrageous claims that somehow are believed by thousands of his followers. Raël is undoubtedly a controversial figure, having been essentially run out of France by the media and the United States by the FBI after his cloning company claimed to have created the first-ever cloned human baby named Eve in 2002. No evidence of Eve has ever been procured by Raël or his high-ranking Raëlian business partner, Brigitte Boisselier.

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10 Claude Vorilhon’s Mother & Grandmother Were Devout Atheists

Vorilhon’s father was Jewish

The so-called prophet Raël was born as the mortal Frenchman Claude Vorilhon in Vichy, Allier, France in September 1946. Vorilhorn’s father was Jewish, which makes sense since the terms Elohim and Yahweh, which he used to describe the aliens he allegedly encountered, are both Hebrew words. Interestingly, both Vorilhon’s grandmother and mother were both devout atheists and did not share his Raëlism beliefs whatsoever. There is very little information about Vorilhorn’s family life discussed in the Netflix documentary.

9 Vorilhon Went To A Catholic Boarding School But Was Never Baptized

Vorilhorn eventually dropped out of school

Despite Vorilhon not being a Catholic or ever being baptized, his parents sent him to a Catholic boarding school at a young age. Once word got around that Vorilhon was not baptized and was still participating in the communion, a scandal broke out and his parents pulled him out of the school. Vorilhon then went to another boarding school called Ambert, where he eventually ran away from at the age of 15 to pursue a career in music.

8 Vorilhon Had A Brief Pop Music Career Under The Alias Claude Celler

Vorilhon was once considered a rising teen pop star in Paris

Before his alleged alien encounter and spiritual transformation into Raël, Vorilhon found some success as a pop singer in Paris. After playing for years in cafés and on the streets of Paris, Vorilhon met a director of a national radio program named Lucien Morisse who was looking for up-and-coming artists. Vorilhon was fortunate enough to have several of his singles play on the radio and was considered a rising teen pop star thanks to Morisse putting him on the map.

7 Vorilhon’s Music Career Ended After Radio Director Lucien Morisse Died

Vorilhon continued to integrate music into his Raëlism movement

Even though Vorilhon’s music career was taking off under the guidance of Lucien Morisse, it took a turn for the worse following Morisse’s death by suicide. His Claude Celler persona failed to continue the momentum that Morisse’s radio program had kickstarted for him, which resulted in the end of Vorilhon’s brief music career. As depicted in the Netflix documentary, Vorilhon used singing and music in his Raëlism movement and still made it a big part of his apparent religion.

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6 Vorilhon Created A Sports Car Magazine Called Autopop

The first issue was released in May 1971

After Vorilhon’s music career was officially over, he moved on to the next thing, which was the creation of a sports car magazine called Auotpop. Vorilhon’s interest in cars is somewhat documented in the Netflix documentary, but the creation of a magazine really demonstrates how passionate he was about sports cars in general. Because of Autopop, Vorilhon was able to gain access to the inside world of professional car racing and eventually took a stab at racing himself.

5 Former Raëlian Jean Parraga Tried To Assassinate Raël

Parraga tried to shoot Raël in August 1992

Jean Parraga, who appeared on the French talk show that was a part of the Netflix documentary Raël: The Alien Prophet, tried to shoot Raël in August 1992. Parraga was the man who stood up and started to aggressively approach Raël on live television after claiming that Raël was a terrible person who destroyed his family. Parraga’s wife and children were still Raëlians even though he had left the group, which is likely why he was so passionate about getting back at Raël for taking his family away from him.

4 Brigitte Boisselier Taught Chemistry At Hamilton College From 2000-01

Boisselier resigned after her Clonaid association became public

Brigitte Boisselier remarkably taught at a prestigious liberal arts college in the United States before her involvement with Clonaid was made public. Boisselier, who held more than one Ph.D. in chemistry in both France and the United States, taught for a brief period of time at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She was reportedly well-liked there but decided to resign after being there for less than one year despite signing a three-year contract due to the disrespect she felt on campus after her Clonaid association became an international media frenzy.

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3 Boisselier Claimed 13 Children Were Successfully Cloned By June 2004

Clonaid has never offered any evidence of their existence

Although neither Brigitte Boisselier nor Raël ever produced evidence of Baby Eve after announcing her existence in 2002, Boisselier continued to claim that more cloned children were being created at Clonaid. Boisselier even claimed that as many as 13 human babies had been cloned as of June 2004 but still provided no actual evidence for any of them actually existing. Stunningly, as depicted in the Netflix documentary, Boisselier still does not deny that Baby Eve and Clonaid were one massive hoax.

2 Raël Had A Brief Career As A Professional Race Car Driver From 1994 To 2001

Raël drove sports cars as a way to promote his religion

Raël’s interest in racecar driving drew a lot of attention to Raëlism at large, especially when he actually participated in a number of big professional racing events between 1994 and 2001. In one of the oddest chapters of the so-called prophet’s life, Raël participated in the 1999 BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series and the 2000 Speedvision GT Championship, finishing 19th in the BFGoodrich. His best professional finish was at the GT1 in Lime Rock in 1997 where he got third place overall.

1 Raël’s Books Have Been Accused Of Plagiarism By Many Ex-Raëlians

Raël’s alien encounters strike a close resemblance to another prominent UFO contactee

Many former Raëlians have disputed Raël’s alleged extraterrestrial messages, saying that they can all be found in other texts by other religious authors and ancient astronaut writers. Some have claimed that even Raël’s initial alien encounter story draws similarities to accounts from Geroge Adamski, a UFO contactee from the 1950s. Adamski wrote several books about his alleged UFO encounters and several ex-Raëlians have accused Raël of following too closely in his footsteps in his attempts at credibility as Raël: The Alien Prophet.

Sources: The Independent, The Washington Post, Newsweek